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Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted(1)

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted(1)
Industry Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings
May
2022		 Mar.
2023		 Apr.
2023(p)		 May
2023(p)		 May
2022		 Mar.
2023		 Apr.
2023(p)		 May
2023(p)

Total private

 $27.39 $28.52 $28.62 $28.75 $934.00 $966.83 $967.36 $971.75

Goods-producing

 27.85 29.12 29.22 29.36 1,136.28 1,176.45 1,183.41 1,189.08

Mining and logging

 32.28 33.63 33.90 33.71 1,530.07 1,607.51 1,617.03 1,648.42

Construction

 32.15 33.79 33.92 34.07 1,276.36 1,334.71 1,339.84 1,342.36

Manufacturing

 24.96 25.95 26.03 26.19 1,028.35 1,053.57 1,059.42 1,065.93

Durable goods

 26.21 27.09 27.22 27.40 1,087.72 1,105.27 1,113.30 1,123.40

Nondurable goods

 22.96 24.09 24.10 24.20 934.47 970.83 971.23 972.84

Private service-providing

 27.29 28.39 28.50 28.62 897.84 931.19 931.95 935.87

Trade, transportation, and utilities

 23.84 24.95 25.05 25.12 815.33 848.30 849.20 851.57

Wholesale trade

 28.94 30.20 30.20 30.26 1,134.45 1,168.74 1,171.76 1,174.09

Retail trade

 19.47 20.33 20.37 20.40 593.84 616.00 615.17 616.08

Transportation and warehousing

 25.92 27.30 27.55 27.71 979.78 1,029.21 1,033.13 1,036.35

Utilities

 42.25 43.72 44.17 44.33 1,808.30 1,866.84 1,881.64 1,892.89

Information

 37.69 39.08 39.23 39.44 1,375.69 1,399.06 1,404.43 1,404.06

Financial activities

 32.10 33.33 33.35 33.60 1,194.12 1,239.88 1,237.29 1,249.92

Professional and business services

 32.29 33.81 33.99 34.12 1,168.90 1,227.30 1,230.44 1,235.14

Private education and health services

 28.78 29.77 29.86 29.98 941.11 973.48 973.44 977.35

Leisure and hospitality

 17.78 18.48 18.53 18.66 437.39 447.22 448.43 451.57

Other services

 24.72 25.17 25.34 25.48 771.26 785.30 790.61 797.52

Footnotes
(1) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2022 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
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Last Modified Date: June 02, 2023